Second chapter, the book of Acts, look at verses 44 through 47, Acts chapter 2 verses 44 through 47. Now all who believed were together and had all things in common and sold their possessions and goods and divided them among all as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord God and the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. As we continue and actually come to a conclusion here in the second chapter of Acts as we continue to walk through the book of Acts, it should be noted that we beginning with Peter Sermon on the day of Pentecost which goes all the way back to I think the 17th verse but beginning with Peter Sermon and the carrying out or extending all the way through the baptism and then what we saw in the previous verses. What we're actually experiencing is the carrying out, the apostles carrying out of the great commission. It begins with Peter's preaching and then we see that disciples are being made and then people were baptized and they were discipled. And this is in keeping with the great commission. So it's really the unfolding. This is the first unveiling of the apostolic keeping of the great commission. The commission that was given by the resurrected Lord to his disciples before his ascension. Now remember that the great commission actually begins with Jesus announcement that all authority heaven and earth has been given to me. But then also remember that it concludes with Jesus words and low I am with you always even until the end of the age and between that announcement of divine authority and the announcement of God's or Christ's continuing presence, we see the apostles carrying out the commands that Jesus gave them to make disciples to preach the gospel and to make disciples. And so therefore the baptizing and the discipling and then the baptizing of those who are discipled instructing them in all things that Jesus had taught them or that they had learned from Jesus through his earthly and public ministry. This is the power of the spirit and this is the continuing work of Christ in this world. As the disciples go as they announce the kingdom of Christ, that is the continuing work of the resurrected Christ. As the disciples go and make disciples that is the kingdom of darkness being broken and the kingdom of light invading. So this is the presence of the kingdom of God through the continuing ministry of the resurrected Savior and then we see that the Holy Spirit who has been promised by Jesus continues and he creates new life in the preaching of this message of Jesus. And then he creates as we saw last week an appetite for those things that dispense the grace of God to those who are baptized. That's the work of the spirit and this is the continuing work of the spirit as this is the continuing work of the resurrected Savior. Conducting or leading people out of darkness into the marvelous light, nurturing them with that light, nurturing an appetite for the things of God as we see in verses 42 where we see a reference to all of those things that dispense the grace of God in Christ. And so in these things what we see is the continuing work of the spirit through the ministry of the word. As we have pointed out that's why it is critical that whatever else the church is about, the church is about the ministry of the word. That is the means by which the power of the spirit is operates through the ministry of the word. That's how the presence of Christ is confirmed and brings comfort to the people of God through the ministry of the word. So what we'll do this morning is we see that the Holy Spirit has created an affection for the breaking of bread, for the disciples doctrine and therefore those who have been brought to saving faith have continued steadfastly in these things. This morning we'll see how the Holy Spirit continues to minister through or how he continues to create through the ministry of the word, the ordinary ministry of the word and we'll see four things that he creates. He continues to create through the ministry of the word. The first thing that we see are the first thing to note is that the spirit creates community through the word. The Holy Spirit creates community through the ministry of the word. In verse 44 it says, now all who believed were together. All who believed were together. That is the beginning of Christian community. All who believed were together. It doesn't just speak of them being in the same location. So let's look at the nature of this community. This is a community that's not made up of people just who have the same hobbies. This is not a community that's made up of people who just have the same like in literature or the same that all work in the same industry. No, this is a particular bond that makes this community. The very fact that Luke says that all who believed were together suggests that they were tethered together by what they believed and what they believed was the apostles' doctrine. So first and foremost, I know what people say but the covenant community is first and foremost about creeds and not deeds. That is what defines us first and foremost. Now I don't want to be misunderstood here. I'm not saying that there are not deeds. We'll see that. But what defines us, what makes us what we are is not what we do. It's what we believe. They continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine. So the defining character first and foremost as it is with individual Christians. What makes us a Christian first and foremost is not our behavior, it's our belief. It's creeds in fact the Latin phrase from which we get the word creed is credo which means I believe and what binds and what defines the Christian church first and foremost is what we believe. And not just what we believe in general. It's not what we believe about politics, even though some people think that's the case. No, what makes us Christian is not what side of the aisle we're on. It's not the R, the D, the I or T party. It's not those are not the things that define us. It's not what we believe about politics. It's not even what we believe about a model of education. What makes us Christian is what we believe that is taught by the disciples about Jesus. The Apostle Paul, it monishes the Galatian churches that if anyone preaches another gospel other than the one that I have preached to you, then let them be anathema, let them be cursed. And then he goes on for to underline the point and to make sure that it's driven home. He repeats it and then he even makes it juicier. He says, and again I say to you that if anyone comes to you whether it's an angel or whether it's myself with any other doctrine or any other gospel, then that which I delivered to you, then let that angel let that apostle be cursed. That's what he's saying. That because it is the gospel, it is the things that we learn about Jesus that defines us first of all. That's what makes us what we are. It's not our behaviors as much as we'd love to see that. And we again will see how behavior flows out of this but it begins with doctrine. You also notice that's the Apostle John in his first letter. He says that which we have seen and remember what we said, Apostle, one who has established these things from the very beginning. That which we have seen, that which we have heard, we declared to you that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with Jesus Christ. And of course the inference here is that fellowship with one another is predicated on a common belief in a common body of truth. The Holy Spirit, first of all, create community within the church. That's what he creates. Through the ministry of the Word he creates community. I do think that we have seen in various degrees, we have seen people try to create community apart from doctrine. And it works for a while but it runs out. We try to create community by activity. We try to create community or within the context of the fellowship by a whole lot of other things. But doctrine in many cases is either secondary. It's not what brings us together in those instances. It's usually the activity. And then we try to then bring doctrine in. But the Holy Spirit creates community with doctrine and then the actions and the activities flow out of the fellowship and out of the community. So the first thing that we see of significance here is that through the continuing ministry of the Word, that the Holy Spirit who has created an affection and an appetite for the Word of God, therefore the disciples who were baptized, continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and they continued steadfastly in fellowship and in the breaking of bread which refers to the Lord's supper and in prayers. In other words those things that dispensed God's grace, they continued in it because the Holy Spirit gave them an affection for it but the Holy Spirit who creates Godly affection for grace also creates community. And the nature of that community is doctrinal. It's our fellowship, it's a doctrinal fellowship and people need to understand that. That's why we don't have to be everything for everyone. No, we have to be everything that we believe the Bible teaches about the person and work of Jesus Christ because the bond that brings us together in community is the bond that we have in Jesus Christ. We are a community that is founded on doctrine, remove the doctrine and there's no community. We do have actions and activities that flow out of the doctrine but it begins with doctrine. Here's the second thing that we see that the Spirit creates within believers through the ministry of the Word. The Spirit also creates compassion and concern within that community. The Spirit creates this. He creates compassion and concern within the community. And all says Luke had all things in common and sowed their possessions and goods and divided them among all as anyone had need. You know what's missing here at the beginning of this? This does not begin with the command. This doesn't begin with an apostolic admonition. In other words, it doesn't say that and then the disciples told that or the apostles told them, no, the Spirit who has brought them together in the context of doctrinal fellowship has also created within them a mindset. Towards their neighbors and created within them a compassion that seems to be contagious and a concern for those within the fellowship of the church. You see the apostles don't tell them to do what they did. It only describes what is the natural out working of the Holy Spirit. Now we do know that as the church grows and as the church develops we will read various admonitions towards generosity. Paul doesn't hesitate in telling Christians to help support work in different places and in fact he admonishes the Corinthians both in 1st and 2nd Corinthians concerning the work of the church in Jerusalem and ministering to the saints in various places. In fact also not only in a corporate way but individually in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 28 Paul says, let him who stole still no longer but together or but rather let him let him labor working with his hands that which is good that he may have something to give him who has need. There are various admonitions throughout the Apostolic writing that assumes this work of the Spirit in creating compassion. So then the question is this, where does this generate spirit come from? Where does this idea, this spirit of just if the apostles don't tell them, I mean would any of us just on our own see someone in need and then I'll go sell something so that somebody else can have something. Where does that come from? I mean where does such an idea come from in fact we'll see later as it develops they don't just they don't just sell something out of their closet they don't go on something. We see that people actually sell property and then take the proceeds and just give it to the church. There's no Apostolic command for this, where does this come from? Do they get this? Is this something that they learn in their pagan circles? No, brothers and sisters this comes from the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit who creates a community through the word and connects us to Christ through the word what he does is he connects us to the person and work of Jesus Christ. And here's what we know about Jesus, Jesus is the fulfillment of the whole of what God requires and in the mosaic law, not just in the moral law which we know to be the case but also in the ceremonial laws and in the civil laws that were to govern national Israel because Israel was a prototype of the new humanity that was yet to come. God establishes laws of brotherhood that cannot be imagined outside of Israel. And so what we see in Jesus is the fulfillment of all that God requires of his people of his new humanity. And so as we are linked to Christ, the Holy Spirit brings out of us individually and corporately that which is that. That which fully rests in Christ. In fact, Paul raises the rhetorical question at the end of Romans chapter 3, near the end, where he raises his question verse 31, I think it is where he says, so what do you say then, do you think that we overturned the law by grace? Jesus God forbid, rather we have been saved to uphold the law and included in the laws that govern national Israel, especially concerning the laws dealing with brothers and sisters who were impoverished and dealing with those who had land, especially the the gleaming laws. We see a dimension of fellowship and connecting to brothers and sisters in such a way and compassion for them that can't be experienced outside of Christ. Let me just give an example, if we go to, of course in the gleaming laws, you know what the gleaming laws basically tell us that a man has an orchard and everything when it was harvest time, everything that was on the trees belonged to you. Do with it what you want, throw it up against the barn, sell it, eat it, keep it for yourself, do whatever you want to do with it, but that which fell on the ground, leave it and don't put up any no trespassing signs, leave it on the grounds so that your neighbor who has need could come and get it. You see, that's the essence, there's something there, it's not that we are buying it and there's no gleaming laws and there are no laws here, but is the law of perfect liberty as the spirit produces in the hearts of the hearers, a connection to their brothers and sisters in such a way that they are the embodiment of that compassion. Two things that I want to share out of Leviticus 25, the first one has to do with the laws governing the redemption of property. There's a certain mindset, not just read over the beginning of it because this is the mindset that God establishes within the covenant community. Beginning in verse 23, and it's about to open up if a brother or sister has to sell a piece of property because of their, because of it's been lost or sold due to their physical needs, then what we see is God establishes laws where they can regain their property. At the beginning of it in verse 23, God gives a mindset that God's people or at least national Israel was supposed to have and be reminded of even as they held however much property they wanted to hold. In verse 23 of chapter 25 of Leviticus, the land shall not be sold permanently for the land is mine. That's the first thing. God's people are reminded, as we are reminded in the 24th Psalm, the earth is the Lord's. Don't go by what the mortgage holds as the earth is the Lord's. Don't be fooled by deeds. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Sometimes we get a little puffed up because we own a couple little pieces of land and forget the earth belongs to the Lord. These laws remind God's people that the earth and all they're in belongs to the Lord and your identity is not tied to you owning something that you don't own anyways. And so he reminds them the earth belongs to the Lord. That's why nothing should be sold permanently. In fact, there is nothing that's sold permanently. There's no land that's owned permanently. I own it throughout perpetuity until Jesus returns. None of us. All of us are winners. All of us are winners. But then he says, for you are strangers and soul-journers with me. And in the land of your possessions you shall grant redemption of the land. So the fact that God is the owner of all things. And the fact that God's people are pilgrims, it doesn't mean we don't have a right to ownership and use it for whatever the laws of the land allow you to use it for. But on top of that, don't forget that God owns everything. But then he also gives them a reminder even in the redemption that the land that they allow their brothers and sisters to redeem. It is because of the grace they have received. But let me jump down to what he says about lending to the poor within the fellowship. Verse 35, beginning in verse 35, he says, if one of your brethren becomes poor and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him like a stranger or soul-journer that he may live with you. I find that interesting because there is a tendency for us to be kinder to strangers than we are to people we know. So especially when it comes to need. And so he says, take him like a stranger and bring him that they may live with you. Take no useory or interest from him, but fear your God that your brother may live with you. You shall not lend him your money for useory nor lend him your food at a profit. And here's the basis of it. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. So here's what we see. The Spirit is producing. He is producing. He creates within the heart that he brings into community by the bond of doctrine. He creates within them a compassion. A compassion and a concern for others within the fellowship. Now we do see how in other places, for instance, later in the book of Acts people will try to manufacture this because somehow being good gets good reports. And so satanized in Sephora, they are motivated by the wrong thing and they end up being slain by God. But notice what they're trying to do and Peter reminds them all along while the land was yours wasn't yours to do with as you chose. So what is it that motivated them to say they would do what others were doing? Perhaps the fact that others were doing it, taking property, selling it, giving the proceeds to the poor, it just so happens their property was worth more than they thought. And then when they got more than they thought, well, we don't have to give everything. But that's what the Spirit creates. See, you can't manufacture. You can't duplicate what the Spirit creates. And the Spirit creates within the people. Now here are the deeds. We begin with creeds but you see how the deeds follow. Because where the Spirit is, in fact we see something similar in the building of the tabernacle. Remember when Moses sent out word, hey, we need this that and the other. And then it says as many as had a willing spirit and they gave and that willing spirit which is the influence of the Holy Spirit enables them to give in great abundance. The Holy Spirit creates. Not only community through doctrine, the Holy Spirit creates connection and compassion. And this connection and compassion cause these Christians to see themselves, to see their possessions and to see their fellow believers through the lens of the grace they had received. Here's a third thing that's created by the Spirit as we see in this passage. Not only does he create communion or community and he also creates compassion but the Holy Spirit creates camaraderie within the fellowship. They continue Luke says daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house. Now we've indicated last week that in verse 42 the breaking of bread refers to the Lord's supper. But here the breaking of bread does not refer to the Lord's supper. Instead it refers to the common bread or in other words a common meal. So here's what we see that the Holy Spirit creates community through doctrine and then creates deeds through creeds. But then he also creates camaraderie. They don't just hang out together. They don't just worship in the same place. It is the Holy Spirit that causes them to actually like being together. We see that they shared their meal and noticed the flow here. Peter or Luke says that they began in the temple and then it just kept going. Then they went from house to house. It wasn't frivolous. In fact it seems that what takes place is that as these Christians understood their common faith together and nurtured one another, then they encouraged and exhorted one another. We don't know how big these gatherings were. In fact he's probably not talking about everybody got together in one place but throughout the context of the fellowship people were interacting with one another. And they actually had camaraderie. They had other things in common. They shared with one another. They shared not only goods but they also shared a meal. Brothers and sisters there is nothing like getting to know someone over a meal. And sometimes the fellowship is better than the meal. And that's not to say that food isn't good. It's good. But it's the bond, it's the breaking of bread together that symbolizes people coming together. And that's why oftentimes in covenant ratifying ceremonies it was not uncommon for heads of states to share a meal. In fact part of the covenant ratification process was not only the blood and the sacrifice of an animal but also a covenant meal. Sit down with someone and have a meal. Kick the shoes off if it's that kind of restaurant or home. Kick the shoes off and enjoy a meal so that people have an opportunity of coming together. There are books that have been written about business deals that have been struck over a meal. And certainly the bond of Christian fellowship can be nurtured simply over a meal. You see it's easier to get to know one another and have access. Doesn't mean people start probing in your business and all of that. And I know social media makes us think that we are actually closer to one another and sometimes it does help but nothing replaces face to face. And again this doesn't have to be manufactured. What we see is that the Holy Spirit puts it in the heart. The Holy Spirit that brings people together through a common savior and a common love for that common savior puts it in their hearts to be connected to one another. And they don't just invest their money. Many of us still have that mindset I gave and that's it. But no it's not just about giving. They don't just give their money. We see that they gave their money. But they spent time. Do you know what that means? That means lower class and upper class would probably eat at the same table. And maybe it wasn't a matter of just all of the rich folk invited all the poor folk to their houses. No it probably wasn't. It meant some people who had servants probably had to eat meals in the homes of servants because in the body of Christ those bonds of distinction are broken. And the idea is that we are one. So they enjoy one another without being boastful about their stuff. It wasn't so that they could show off. They joined together and had all things in common. And so when they came to the temple they didn't let it in there. One of the things that we see that's part of the New Testament church is the thing called the love feast. And the love feast was not the same as the Lord's supper. It was the agape feast and the agape feast was not people mandated to come together but people coming together. See the work of the spirit is seen through the ordinary ministry of the word causing God's people to find new and creative ways to bond with one another and to invest time with one another. And that's what's manifest here. When God asked the question of Cain, you know, where's your brother? And remember Cain answered the answer. He raised that question that seems to be the motif of a lot of people. What am I my brother's keeper? And the answer to that is yes you are. You see wrong answer Cain? Do you even raise the question wrong answer in raising that question because the truth of the matter is you are. Which is why the writer of Hebrews and Hebrews 10 tells us in verse 25 don't forsake the assembling of yourselves together as is the manner of some. In verse 24 he says pay close attention to one another consider one another so that you can stir one another up unto love and good works. You see brothers and sisters the Holy Spirit creates fellowship in Christ and those within those with whom he creates fellowship. He creates a genuine camaraderie that we like one another. We know we love one another but we have to grow to like each other don't we? We're told to love but sometimes liking is a little more difficult. It's easy. I love you because I don't live with you and I don't see you every day and I don't see you in your worst moments but liking takes work. And that work is a work of the spirit. I should tell my younger sister you know she's 11 years younger than me and we tell her now that she's grown up always love you always love you from the day you were born but there was a time I could not stand you. And she laughs you know she's got a sweet disposition she understands and she thinks back at it I can understand why y'all didn't like me. Brothers and sisters here's what the Holy Spirit does through the ministry of the word it's showing the beauty of fellowship is showing the beauty of what's gained in Christ is taking us to the grace that we have received you think so and so is hard to get along with look at you and God before you were saved. You think it's hard dealing with what he did to me in the past just look at what God has done for you he's forgiven you. I hear people all the time say well you know they just need to learn how to forgive themselves no you don't that's not how you learn how to forgive you know you know our problem is not that we don't know how to forgive ourselves our problem as Christians as we don't know how to unpack the forgiveness that we have in Jesus. That's our problem it's not that say well you need to learn how to love himself no that's his problem he loves himself so much that's our problem we don't see that we need to be forgiven but here's what we learn in grace that the unlovable have been loved by a holy God and brothers and sisters that's the model by which we are to deal with one another. Can you imagine how many have you ever played this game which one of the disciples do you think would have gotten on your nerves. Right I mean just just play that game one day which which one of the disciples do do a character study which disciple do you think would have been most irritating. The one whose mama came in the middle of the meeting hey Jesus you know you know I got two sons you got two sides how about we do this. When you get into the kingdom let one of my sons sit on the left and the other one on the right now those other disciples thin for themselves but my sons it would have been hard to be around James and you know John does yeah do your mom you know she's out of control here you know it would have been hard to put up with them how about Peter always putting his foot in his mouth. Peter shut up yeah he's speaking for us he's speaking for you there you go doing it again but Jesus love them to the very end. How do we learn how to love people Jesus says of Peter get behind me Satan he doesn't say you got a demon he just you get behind me Satan but how does he manifest that love towards him and Peter who had denied him three times on the night that he was arrested after the resurrection of Jesus Jesus goes to where Peter is and he tenderly reaches out to him. And says Peter do you love me yes Lord I love you and you know I messed up and you know what Peter's thinking he says then Peter go and feed my sheep. And Peter's probably thinking you know those the other my brother's not going to let me preach on Peter do you love me more than these and feed my land Lord you know I love you and he's probably thinking I know I I'll never out live this Peter you go and you feed my sheep. Others and sisters here's the manner in which we love if you want to learn how to love you want to learn how to forgive if you want to learn how to deal with difficult people within the body of Christ it's only opening up the beauty and the depths of God's love for us in Christ that we are enabled to do so. Can you imagine sitting at the table with Judas knowing what he was going to do most of us know what someone has done and that hinders us from having fellowship with someone Jesus knows what he's going to do even before he does it. Here's what God does through the gospel he creates camaraderie the Holy Spirit opens up the riches and the depths of God's grace as it's located in Christ. Christ feeds us connects us to one another through the doctrine of what we believe he then not only creates us in fellowship but he also causes us to overflow with compassion and connection and concern about our brothers and sisters no law tells these men to give their property so that someone else could have only the law of love. Then those that he connects together he enables them to get along not always will see some fallings out here even in the book of Acts but he creates camaraderie that's what's at the beginning here they hold things in common and then they meet and then when they get finished meeting they continue to meet. Here's a fourth and final thing that the spirit creates through the ministry of the word yes community yes compassion yes camaraderie but he also creates a certain contentment we are told that they ate their food with gladness and with simplicity of heart that word that's translated simplicity means singleness of heart and they and praising God. Now let's here's why I say this is contentment just a few weeks ago you know what was going on these disciples were undercover Jesus when he was raised he he has to go seek them out because they are afraid the air is still right when I hate Jesus people still don't know how to explain the empty grave. The Roman officials are certain that that the disciples of Jesus have done something with it so they do not hesitate to throw them in jail at a whim remember will in fact we'll see later that when Peter and James are arrested they are told you can do anything that you want just whatever you do don't preach in the name of Jesus. So therefore what we see is that these were tense times and you know what happens when tense times comes to Christians we get contankerous we get antsy we get edgy when tense times come we get on the edge and we end up neglecting the very things that we ought to be nurturing. But here's what we see these people they because of what is created in their hearts by the spirit here's what they don't neglect the fellowship of the saints here's what they don't neglect they don't neglect those things whereby the grace of God is minister to them they continue stand fastly and I love Luke's description here he says they ate their bread with gladness. In other words they were not hindered by the the turmoil that was going on around them they were not hindered this is such a new phenomena no one had ever seen anything like what was taking place here we see all of the places that these people had come from and as they have gathered we see it in the earlier verses of this chapter they have gathered from all of these regions some are away from home now you have rich folk that that poor people are hanging out with they are all of these strange things that are coming together and they are proud of it and they're not in a hurry it really reminds me that that the people of God are given a certain contentment in God even in the midst of turmoil so that it does not cause them to turn away from God or to turn away from one another notice what the Scripture goes on to say that these things that they have received it did not keep them from enjoying Christian fellowship because they are not going to be able to do it. They continued to stand fastly in the Apostles doctrines they continued to stand fastly to meet in each other's homes they continued daily in the temple and we don't know if it was a daily worship service or devotional service but they continued daily in it they continued in prayer they continued in eating together and they did it with the simplicity of heart and here's the simplicity of heart glorifying. praising God do you know how many people we have that are I mean just in the world at large or Christians that are they are just waiting for this moment for the trial to pass so they can praise God they are waiting for the storm as soon as I get over this phase of life that I will and just fill in the blank but here's what we see with these saints there's turmoil in the air there's the possibility of imprisonment which we'll see shortly in the next couple chapters some will even lose their lives but they never stop rejoicing in God some might be angry some might not fully understand but here's what the Holy Spirit is able to do when he creates community and compassion when he creates a genuine camaraderie in terms of the second table of the law loving our neighbor as ourselves and loving our fellow brothers and sisters with all of the love of God and he also creates a contentment in God himself this is the peace that passes all understanding I often wondered and have have have have marble at the great statement that David makes in the midst of the 23rd song it says he prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemy and here's what this is a reminder of that God doesn't need to chase the enemy away God doesn't need to chase the storm away in order for him to be in fellowship with his people and when the doctrine lines up what we discover remember what we said at the beginning how Jesus ends the great commission and low I am with you always even until the end of the age and so God's people are able to freely enjoy one another and freely enjoy him in the midst of the turmoil that they were experiencing knowing that even in this Jesus is present the spirit works through the ministry of the word and the ministry of the word or through the ministry of the word the Holy Spirit creates life where there was none gives us faith and gives us an appetite to sustain us in our faith but through the bond of the knowledge of Christ he creates the kind of fellowship that will not let him go brothers and sisters the work of the spirit is through the ministry of the word and I'm not reading this or going over this to tell you go and do likewise here's what I am saying though and if somehow your sense of community is not either doctrinal or not to the depth that it should be then I would say this pray pray if here's what we often times we don't know what to pray for in terms of our weakness our weak points are seen in how we value the things that God values and if somehow we do not see our brothers and sisters of the faith in such a way that their pain is our pain their concern is our concern I'm not saying go do this I'm not making this into a law I'm simply saying have some more grace have some more grace have some more and where can I get that grace hear the word of Christ go to the Lord's Supper receive of his benefits and recognize all that's given to him if you don't want to be with other believers then go back to grace don't don't go back to the law go back to grace something's misfiring see something's not if you don't see your if you don't have contentment if you're anxious about everything I'm not saying go do another work go back to grace because the spirit is at work in his people through the means that he is appointed to show the sufficiency of Christ and the beauty of Christ in all things amen.